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09 May 2024
Government injects £1.8m into space tech innovation
By Lis EvenstadFunding is being split between nine projects, covering a range of technologies aiming to support new space capabilities in the UK
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09 May 2024
Executive interview: Adding common sense to generative AI creativity
By Cliff SaranWe speak to the chief scientist at Neo4j about why graph databases should work alongside large language models to keep them in check
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09 May 2024
Ofcom publishes draft online child safety rules for tech firms
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonIn the draft codes, Ofcom calls on technology firms to use ‘robust’ age-checking and content moderation systems to keep harmful material away from children online
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05 Jul 2023
Time-to-hire is now longer, but San Francisco's wait is epic
By Patrick ThibodeauA competitive job market is increasing the time-to-hire for employers. While HR tech can speed some parts of the hiring process, it can't compete against multiple offers.
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05 Jul 2023
Construction begins on Medusa submarine cable system
By Joe O’HalloranRouting on construction of submarine cable system to establish crucial connections between Morocco, Portugal, Spain, France, Algeria, Tunisia, Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Egypt
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05 Jul 2023
Germany: European Court of Justice hears arguments on lawfulness of EncroChat cryptophone evidence
By Bill GoodwinThe European Court of Justice will decide whether the collection and sharing of data intercepted by law enforcement from EncroChat crypto phone network is compatible with European law
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05 Jul 2023
HSBC explores quantum-safe comms to AWS edge
By Cliff SaranBanking group HSBC is looking at how to secure transactions and the benefits of quantum computing in finance
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05 Jul 2023
HHS OIG Releases Final Rule for Information Blocking Penalties
By Hannah NelsonIf the HHS OIG finds that an individual or entity has committed information blocking, they may be subject to up to a $1 million penalty.
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05 Jul 2023
NFON rings the changes to support growth ambitions
By Simon QuickeFirm bids farewell to its CTO and removes the CMO position as it looks to change its executive structure
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05 Jul 2023
Google research highlights UK economic benefits of widespread AI adoption
By Caroline DonnellyGoogle's Economic Impact Report highlights the positive benefits the wider use of AI technologies throughout society could have on the UK economy
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05 Jul 2023
UK public increasingly concerned over NHS data sovereignty
By Alex ScroxtonAmid security concerns and AI advances, a majority of the British public still trusts the NHS to store and analyse their health data, but would prefer it remains domiciled in the UK
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05 Jul 2023
Allo Bank taps Tencent Cloud in digital banking
By Aaron TanIndonesia’s largest digital lender is tapping Tencent Cloud’s TDSQL database management system and cloud infrastructure to provide digital banking services for six million customers
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05 Jul 2023
HL7, WHO Partner to Drive Global Interoperability Standards Adoption
By Hannah NelsonThe collaboration between HL7 and WHO is set to support equitable development of and access to interoperability standards.
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05 Jul 2023
Dassault Systèmes, Cranfield collaborate on 3DExperience centre of excellence
By Joe O’HalloranPartnership between tech firm and university aims to provide centre for experiential, lifelong learning with connected 3D engineering platform to accelerate digital and sustainable transformation of aerospace and defence industry
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04 Jul 2023
IT contractors urged to check umbrella payslips as two firms caught making unlawful deductions
By Caroline DonnellyTwo recently published tribunal judgments emphasise why it is so important for umbrella company contractors to make sure they are being paid exactly what they are entitled to, warn experts
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04 Jul 2023
Telstra inks Starlink first as OneWeb gains Momentum for LATAM connectivity
By Joe O’HalloranFurther expansion in satellite connectivity as leading Australia-based telco inks deal with Elon Musk-led satellite firm while enterprise connectivity services provider looks to LEO satellite operator to connect remote areas
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04 Jul 2023
EU judgment sinks Meta’s argument for targeted ads
By Alex ScroxtonThe EU Court of Justice has issued a significant judgment against Meta, ruling that national anti-trust bodies can investigate GDPR breaches, disrupting the platform’s entire basis for carrying out targeted advertising
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04 Jul 2023
‘Political lethargy’ to blame for digital exclusion, says Lords
By Clare McDonaldA House of Lords report about digital exclusion across the UK has blamed slow and undedicated government intervention for the extent of digital exclusion
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04 Jul 2023
CityFibre grabs further slice of Project Gigabit network expansion
By Joe O’HalloranUK’s largest independent network provider wins £318m in new contracts as part of £5bn UK national gigabit broadband scheme
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04 Jul 2023
Scotland’s Techscaler programme joins forces with CivTech
By Lis EvenstadThe partnership between the scaler programme and the innovation accelerator means CivTech alumni companies will be offered Techscaler membership and gain access to its technology hubs, education initiatives and support
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04 Jul 2023
Node4 and Air IT bolster position through acquisitions
By Simon QuickeManaged service players Node4 and Air IT have been active in the M&A market as they look to add more skills and coverage
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04 Jul 2023
Coping with the ongoing chip crisis in the UK
By Cliff SaranChina has imposed export restrictions on key semiconductor compounds, so how will the UK's National Semiconductor Strategy cope?
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04 Jul 2023
HPE, BT team for global managed LAN service
By Joe O’HalloranBusiness division of leading UK telco and networking technology and service provider enter collaboration to introduce LANs supporting high-performance experiences for hybrid workers and IoT transformations
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04 Jul 2023
How Maxeon is forging the path to SASE
By Aaron TanMaxeon Solar Technologies is building out its security service edge capabilities with an eye on a SASE implementation that combines best of breed offerings from different suppliers
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03 Jul 2023
Over half of ANZ organisations hit by ransomware
By Aaron TanAmid the rising ransomware threat, almost four in five organisations in ANZ expect to pay a ransom if they could recover data and business processes
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03 Jul 2023
OneWeb expands commercial service across Europe, US
By Joe O’HalloranSatellite connectivity services provider announces coverage of for the majority of the US and expands reach with 37 new countries in Europe added to footprint
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03 Jul 2023
Next-generation mobile lands on Channel Islands with Jersey Telecom
By Joe O’HalloranNext-generation mobile comes to customers of largest telco on Channel Islands with 5G infrastructure using RAN, transport and cloud core to offer enhanced mobile connectivity
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03 Jul 2023
Gass announces TD Synnex retirement plans
By Simon QuickeLong-serving senior staffer will leave the business next year, and bring the curtain down on a three-decade-long association with the channel player
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03 Jul 2023
Trustmarque refreshes brand identity
By Simon QuickeThe time is deemed to be right to give its logo and website a lick of paint as channel player Trustmarque looks to continue growing its mid-market business
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03 Jul 2023
BlackCat gang claims cyber attack on Barts NHS Trust
By Alex ScroxtonInvestigations continue into a claim by the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang that it has stolen 7TB of data from Barts NHS Trust in London
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03 Jul 2023
BBVA launches tech job portal as it continues to add talent
By Karl FlindersSpanish bank BBVA ramps up its tech recruitment strategy with new online portal and target of 2,600 more people
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03 Jul 2023
CDO interview: Robert Michael, group head of data, DFS
By Mark Samuels‘Data Bob’ is transforming data strategy at furniture retailer DFS, aiming to build a digital twin of the company to improve business modelling – but his first task is to make sure people can trust data
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03 Jul 2023
Deutsche Bank completes migration of millions of Postbank customers
By Karl FlindersDeutsche Bank has completed the migration of 12 million Postbank customers to its banking platform
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03 Jul 2023
5G takes its intended place in UK mobile
By Joe O’HalloranStudy from specialist network analyst finds mobile games and video users’ experience over 5G is more consistent and drops less at busy hours of the day than when using 4G infrastructures
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03 Jul 2023
PAC slams HMCTS justice system transformation programme
By Lis EvenstadHMCTS has consistently underestimated the scale and complexity of the reforms, and criticises the programme, which only has £120m of its £1.3bn budget left with only just over half of projects completed, MPs say
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03 Jul 2023
Driving synergies in digital healthcare
By Pratima HarigunaniAs group CIO of API Holdings, Chandresh Dedhia has been driving synergies across a spectrum of digital healthcare businesses to create operational efficiency and other business outcomes
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03 Jul 2023
Salesforce to invest $4bn in its UK business over five years
By Brian McKennaAt its recent London conference, Salesforce UK managing director Zahra Bahrololoumi announced the supplier will invest $4bn in its own UK business over the next five years
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30 Jun 2023
TSMC partner breached by LockBit ransomware gang
By Alexander CulafiA cyber attack against Chinese systems integrator Kinmax led to the theft of TSMC proprietary data, which LockBit threatened to publish unless TSMC paid a $70 million ransom.
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30 Jun 2023
Prosimo offers free multi-cloud connectivity
By Antone GonsalvesThe new MCN Foundation can find and connect to public clouds and provide visibility. The company's full-stack product powers the limited free version.
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30 Jun 2023
AI can never be given control over combat decisions, Lords told
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonArtificial intelligence is technically incapable of distinguishing between the complex contextual factors of combat situations, and will likely never be able to, according to legal and software experts
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30 Jun 2023
AWS sees role for quantum in data protection, but not for years
By Tim McCarthyAWS execs believe advances in quantum computing will have a trickle-down effect on data protection, but enterprise-based quantum services and use cases are still a ways off.
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30 Jun 2023
Salesforce brings more AI tools to Sales GPT and Service GPT
By Mary ReinesThe CRM giant brings generative AI-supported tools like message creation and call summaries to sales and service workers, and teams with Deloitte Digital for AI safety resources.
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30 Jun 2023
FQHC Implements eClinicalWorks EHR to Enhance Clinical Documentation
By Hannah NelsonThe FQHC has selected an eClinicalWorks EHR platform to streamline clinical documentation and drive value-based care delivery.
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30 Jun 2023
SGN pens IT service desk outsourcing deal
By Karl FlindersUtility company SGN renews its internal IT services managed services contract with new supplier
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30 Jun 2023
Logicalis maintains Cisco relationship
By Simon QuickeChannel player renews global partner status to keep position in select bunch of channel partners
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30 Jun 2023
NHS data stolen in Manchester Uni ransomware attack
By Alex ScroxtonThe ransomware gang behind the cyber attack on the University of Manchester appears to have got its hands on an NHS dataset being used by the university for research purposes
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30 Jun 2023
How STT GDC is cracking the Philippines datacentre market
By Aaron TanThe joint venture formed by ST Telemedia Global Data Centres, Globe and Ayala Corporation is building its largest datacentre in the Philippines among other efforts to meet the needs of an underserved market
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30 Jun 2023
Virgin Media O2 switches on XGS-PON network through Nexfibre
By Joe O’HalloranLeading UK operator takes leap forward with full-fibre optical network promising upload and downloads of up to 10 Gbps to cover five million homes by 2026
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30 Jun 2023
Georgia HIE Receives $1M USDA Grant to Improve Rural Healthcare Services
By Hannah NelsonThe Georgia Health Information Network is partnering with a regional HIE on a telehealth network to expand rural healthcare access.
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30 Jun 2023
5G can improve society more than AI
By Joe O’HalloranVodafone reveals that over half of UK adults believe 5G has the potential to improve their day-to-day life, more so than artificial intelligence, and points to potentially massively lucrative 5G use cases
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29 Jun 2023
NHS has potential to get digital transformation right
By Lis EvenstadNHS must address digital skills gap in its workforce, demonstrate the value of the NHS App and address the digital maturity gap in organisations if it wants to succeed, MPs say
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29 Jun 2023
Cisco to add SamKnows broadband visibility to ThousandEyes
By Antone GonsalvesSamKnows data in ThousandEyes will let enterprises monitor the broadband connections of employees working from home. The information can help companies troubleshoot problems.
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29 Jun 2023
Resume company builds non-biased generative AI feature
By Esther AjaoWorkStory used startup Armilla AI's AutoAlign platform. The platform tunes open source large language models and acts as a guardrail for non-open source ones.
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29 Jun 2023
How companies straddle the return-to-office debate
By Patrick ThibodeauLinkSquares, a Boston-based startup, faced challenges in a five-day-a-week return-to-office schedule, highlighting the push-pull dynamics over office returns.
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29 Jun 2023
NHS England signs five-year Microsoft 365 contract
By Caroline DonnellyHot on the heels of its earlier deployment of Microsoft Teams, NHS England is now going all-in on the rest of the software giant’s online productivity tools
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29 Jun 2023
‘Shadow’ AI use becoming a driver of insider cyber risk
By Alex ScroxtonOff-the-books use of generative AI tools will inevitably lead to a costly, high-profile data breach for someone, but a little attention paid to appropriate data management policy can help mitigate the risk
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29 Jun 2023
Ohio HIE Expands Partnership to Drive Interoperability, Data Usability
By Hannah NelsonCliniSync, an Ohio HIE, has selected an interoperability platform from health IT vendor Health Catalyst to improve data usability.
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29 Jun 2023
Oxa strengthens leadership team to drive next phase of autonomous vehicle growth
By Joe O’HalloranAutonomous vehicle software developer bolsters executive leadership team with new chief product engineering officer and chief people officer
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29 Jun 2023
Brits are using healthcare apps without proper checks
By Karl FlindersAs mobile health app acceptance increases, people are taking risks by using them without any advice from their medical professionals, finds survey
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29 Jun 2023
CloudCoCo delivers growth in H1
By Simon QuickeManaged service provider CloudCoCo has seen revenues rise and its customer base expand in its fiscal first half
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29 Jun 2023
NHS to launch Digital Health Check
By Lis EvenstadThe NHS Digital Health Check will be rolled out from spring 2024, and allow patients to do certain tests and get advice from their homes
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29 Jun 2023
The Finnish Food Authority uses AI to accelerate research
By Karl FlindersResearchers have reduced the time taken to get critical insights into potential public health crises and address issues in real-time, through artificial intelligence
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29 Jun 2023
SonicWall gives MSSPs firewall options
By Simon QuickeSecurity player adds monthly billing option to make life easier for its channel partners and more flexible financially for customers
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29 Jun 2023
Ruckus One enhanced for unified management of multi-access public and private nets
By Joe O’HalloranCommScope launches Ruckus One suite of AI-driven converged network solutions designed to accelerate business transformation by simplifying the implementation of multi-access public and private networks
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29 Jun 2023
Cisco looks to strengthen network assurance with intent to acquire SamKnows
By Joe O’HalloranNetworking technology and services giant announces intent to acquire UK-based internet performance monitoring platform to extend its ThousandEyes network assessment stack to remote and hybrid workers
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28 Jun 2023
ThoughtSpot buying Mode for $200M to add deeper analysis
By Eric AvidonThe acquisition will extend the vendor's self-service BI platform with tools designed for data experts that enable data science, machine learning and predictive analytics.
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28 Jun 2023
DDoS attacks surging behind new techniques, geopolitical goals
By Arielle WaldmanA rise in massive DDoS attacks, some of which target the application layer and cause significant disruptions, might require new defense strategies from cybersecurity vendors.
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28 Jun 2023
Banks dump Terraform for Crossplane infrastructure as code
By Beth PariseauTwo EU banks favor Crossplane's reconciliation approach over Terraform's dependency graph, saying the former hastens deployments -- with a few migration caveats.
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28 Jun 2023
Refining HPE GreenLake as it sets its sights on everything
By Adam ArmstrongHPE's Bryan Thompson talks about how HPE GreenLake has become synonymous with the brand, and looks to its future and how the platform will meet customers' specific needs.
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28 Jun 2023
Charity demands transparency in digital universal credit system
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe digital universal credit system needs overhauling to ensure greater transparency over benefit claims and more effective means of redress when things go wrong, says child poverty charity
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28 Jun 2023
PC market declines seen in TD Synnex numbers
By Simon QuickeDistributor shares Q2 results which saw revenue declines as the firm reacted to challenging market conditions
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28 Jun 2023
Supercomputing research collaboration to bring fusion energy to UK grid in 2040s
By Caroline DonnellyThe UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the University of Cambridge have joined forces with Dell Technologies and Intel to accelerate pace of fusion energy power plant development
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28 Jun 2023
UK comms regulator to probe BT emergency number failure
By Joe O’HalloranInvestigation to assess source and extent of 25 June technical issue causing lack of access to key first response services, including Metropolitan Police, Bedfordshire Police, Suffolk Police, and Cheshire Fire and Rescue
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28 Jun 2023
Scottish government tech accelerator opens latest funding round
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe Scottish government’s CivTech accelerator is seeking technology businesses to help develop new tools to improve public services, as well as to address pressing social and environmental issues
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28 Jun 2023
Zoom brings together in-office, remote employees with Intelligent Director
By Joe O’HalloranCollaboration provider expands portfolio and capability with launch of Intelligent Director, which uses AI and multiple cameras to provide optimal images and angles of participants in conference room
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28 Jun 2023
Databricks introduces Delta Lake 3.0 to help unify data
By Eric AvidonAs part of the open source community developing the data storage platform, the vendor unveiled the platform's latest iteration with data unification the main goal of the update.
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28 Jun 2023
DirectTrust Releases Draft Criteria for RA Health IT Accreditation Programs
By Hannah NelsonDirecTrust requests feedback on criteria for its updated suite of Registration Authority (RA) health IT accreditation programs until August 21st.
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28 Jun 2023
GDPR tax reclaim scheme preys on fears of SMEs
By Karl FlindersIT suppliers are a target of companies offering a tax reclaim scheme that preys on small businesses’ fears around General Data Protection Regulation compliance
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28 Jun 2023
Oracle to add generative AI to HR systems by year's end
By Patrick ThibodeauOracle is adding generative AI to its HR platform, and claims it will deliver significant efficiency gains. But the AI output will be in areas where human review takes place.
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28 Jun 2023
NetApp adds backup and offline capabilities to BlueXP
By Tim McCarthyBlueXP, NetApp's cloud console for managing its SaaS and hardware, gains new backup capabilities, including Oracle databases and access to an offline version.
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28 Jun 2023
Dubai Smart IoT unclear on deadline, but not ambition
By Pat BransWhile the Dubai Smart IoT strategy reads like any other ambitious – and equally ambiguous – plan for the overhaul of a gulf state economy, there is still a clear message that the country is serious about technology
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28 Jun 2023
Stolt-Nielsen SASE looks to optimise global connectivity, security for hybrid workers
By Joe O’HalloranBulk liquid logistics and sustainable land-based aquaculture expert advances secure digital transformation plans and operational efficiency
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27 Jun 2023
Three years on, EncroChat cryptophone hack nets 6,500 arrests and seizures of €900m
By Bill GoodwinFrench and Dutch prosecutors say three years after they infiltrated the EncroChat cryptophone network in a novel hacking operation, Europe’s courts are opening the way for more collaboration and data sharing between law enforcement agencies
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27 Jun 2023
Censys finds hundreds of exposed devices in federal orgs
By Alexander CulafiCensys found exposed instances of Progress Software's MoveIt Transfer and Barracuda Networks' Email Security Gateway appliances during its analysis of FCEB agency networks.
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27 Jun 2023
Epic Announces Ambient Clinical Documentation EHR Integration
By Hannah NelsonThe ambient clinical documentation EHR integration is set to enhance Epic workflows by automatically drafting EHR notes.
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27 Jun 2023
HashiCorp Vault to expand in DevSecOps with BluBracket buy
By Beth PariseauHashiCorp expands Vault's focus to include DevSecOps with the acquisition of a secrets scanning startup, setting the stage for a potential showdown with Microsoft and GitHub.
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27 Jun 2023
Climate Vault launches new carbon reduction venture
By Jim O'DonnellClimate Vault's approach to CO2 reduction allows companies to buy and lock up pollution permits in cap-and-trade markets, making it more expensive to generate emissions.
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27 Jun 2023
New AWS service targets data security, genAI feature to come
By Esther AjaoThe cloud provider's new service helps employees within organizations be more productive while securing their work. The vendor will add a generative AI feature in the future.
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27 Jun 2023
ChatGPT users at risk for credential theft
By Alexis ZacharakosAs ChatGPT's user base continues to grow, Group-IB says threat actors have exploited stolen accounts to collect users' sensitive data and professional credentials.
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27 Jun 2023
Snowflake targets generative AI with new capabilities
By Eric AvidonThe vendor unveiled new features -- including new containerization capabilities in Snowpark -- to create a secure environment for developers to build LLM-infused applications.
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27 Jun 2023
Oracle shifts database support goalpost
By Cliff SaranOracle has updated its maintenance and support across its relational database family – we explore the implications
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27 Jun 2023
Alkira introduces extranet as a service
By Joe O’HalloranProvider of cloud networking as a service unveils infrastructure designed to enable third parties to securely connect to critical business applications
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27 Jun 2023
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, Virtuozzo and CommScope bolster MSP offerings
By Simon QuickeFirms each announce launches that will provide managed service providers with more as-a-service options
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27 Jun 2023
Why an ecosystem helps IT projects move forward
By Cliff SaranIt used to be the case that IT departments would build or buy, but now there’s an alternative to help organisations integrate different data sources
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27 Jun 2023
Intelsat and Lintasarta expand Indonesian connectivity
By Joe O’HalloranNearly 400 remote sites in the world’s largest archipelago have received first ever connectivity through deal between local telco and satellite operator
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27 Jun 2023
UK AI plans offer ‘inadequate’ human rights protection, says EHRC
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe UK’s equality watchdog says the government must properly consider human rights when implementing rules to regulate artificial intelligence, as current plan offers little protection
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27 Jun 2023
Zoom Rooms' Intelligent Director follows in-room users
By Mary ReinesThe vendor's AI-backed tool uses multiple cameras to capture in-office users' best angles and present them onscreen to boost facetime between participants.
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27 Jun 2023
Epic Announces Ambient Clinical Documentation EHR Integration
By Hannah NelsonThe ambient clinical documentation EHR integration is set to enhance Epic workflows by automatically drafting EHR notes.
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27 Jun 2023
One Login’s Gov.uk ID check apps downloaded over two million times
By Lis EvenstadThe One Login digital identity system is being used by eight government services, and GDS has issued more than 1.5 million verified identities since summer 2022, while its ID check apps are proving popular
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27 Jun 2023
Ignition Technology lands Mastercard relationship
By Simon QuickeDistributor and parent Exclusive Networks will take the card payment specialist’s security portfolio out to market
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27 Jun 2023
WithSecure forges ahead with green coding initiative
By Alex ScroxtonWithSecure’s W/Sustainability programme kickstarts a number of initiatives, including a commitment to green coding the security supplier hopes will set an example for others to follow
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27 Jun 2023
3,600 potential cyber security experts apply to government scheme
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK government’s Upskill in Cyber programme is reporting great success just a month after launch, with almost half of applicants women
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27 Jun 2023
A tenth of kids claim they could hack you
By Alex ScroxtonMore and more young people are at risk of being drawn into cyber criminality, and parents must shoulder some of the blame, according to a report